风能的利用和阳燧取火相似,在中国也有两千多年的历史了。东南沿海一带向有风力提水的传统,如江苏省一九五九年风车多达二十余万台,一九六七年江苏兴化、盐城地区仍有三万多台提水风车,后来大部分风车被电力水泵所取代,但局部地区一直在使用。近几年已恢复到八千多台,主要用于盐田提水和稻田排灌。内蒙古、新疆、青海、西藏的广大草原牧区,地势开阔,风能资源丰富,人随畜走,流动性大, The use of wind energy is similar to that of Yangshuo and it has a history of more than 2,000 years in China. There are wind-lifting traditions in the southeastern coastal areas. For example, there were more than 200,000 windmills in Jiangsu Province in 1950. There were still more than 30,000 water-lifting windmills in Xinghua and Yancheng in 1967. Most of the windmills were replaced by electric water pumps, but local areas have been used. In recent years, it has recovered more than 8,000 units, mainly used for irrigation in Yantian and irrigation and drainage in paddy fields. The vast grassland and pastoral areas in Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Qinghai, and Tibet are open-pited and rich in wind energy resources. People walk along with livestock and have large mobility.